Spinning reel

ABSTRACT

A spinning reel has a reel body and a rotor. The rotor has a base pivoted to the base, a first arm pivoted to an end of the base, a second arm pivoted to the other end of the base, an arc connected between the first arm and the second arm, a guiding block disposed between the first arm and the arc, and a wheel disposed between the guiding block and the first arm. The guiding block has a cone portion connected to the arc and a base portion connected to the wheel. The cone portion has a hole into which the arc is inserted and two tip ends located at opposite sides of the hole.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to a fishing tool, and moreparticularly to a spinning reel, which prevents the fishing line fromjam.

2. Description of the Related Art

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show a conventional spinning reel 1 mainly having areel body 2, a spool 3, a rotor 4 and a handle 5. The handle 5 isrotated to drive the spool 3 for reciprocation via a transmission device(not shown) and to drive the rotor 4 for rotation. As a result, afishing line can be winded on the spool 3.

The rotor 4 has two arms 6 at opposite sides thereof, on one of which awheel 8 is provided, and a curved arc 7 with opposite ends connected tothe arms 6. To wind the fishing line on the wheel 8, there usually is aguiding block 9 between the arc 7 and the wheel 8. The guiding block 9has a hole 91 behind a tip end thereof to insert the arc 7 therein. Toavoid the fishing line jamming in a gap between the arc 7 and theguiding block 9, the hole 91 is kept away from a backside of the tip endof the guiding block 9, such that a location labeled a (between the arc7 and the tip end of the guiding block 9) in the FIG. 1 indicating thatthe fishing line is jammed thereat is kept out of a path of the fishingline passing to reduce the risk of jamming of the fishing line.

When the fishing line is released, the arc 7 and the arms 6 have to berotated about 110 degrees, as shown in FIG. 2. At this time, the fishingline is twisted randomly, and sometime the fishing line is jammed asshown in FIG. 3, in which the fishing line 92 is jammed between the arc7 and the tip end of the guiding block 9 (the location a).

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a spinningreel, which avoids the jamming of a fishing line.

According to the objectives of the present invention, a spinning reelcomprises a reel body and a rotor. The rotor has a base pivoted to thereel body, a first arm pivoted to an end of the base, a second armpivoted to the other end of the base, an arc connected between the firstarm and the second arm, a guiding block disposed between the first armand the arc, and a wheel disposed between the guiding block and thefirst arm. The guiding block has a cone portion connected to the arc anda base portion connected to the wheel. The cone portion has a hole intowhich the arc is inserted and two tip ends located at opposite sides ofthe hole.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the conventional spinning reel;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the conventional spinning reel inaction;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view in parts of the conventional spinning reel;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, and

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of the preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

As shown in FIG. 4, a spinning reel 10 of the preferred embodiment ofthe present invention comprises a reel body 20, a spool 30, a rotor 40,a handle 60 and a transmission device (not shown).

The reel body 20 has a T-shaped connection portion 22 to be connected toa fishing rod (not shown). The spool 30 is provided at a front end ofthe reel body 20 to wind a fishing line (not shown) thereon. The handle60 is provided at a side of the reel body 20 to drive the spool 30 forreciprocation via the transmission device.

The rotor 40 has a base pivoted to the reel body 20, a first arm 43pivoted to an end of the base 42, a second arm 44 pivoted to the otherend of the base 42, a curved arc 45 connected between the arms 43 and44, a guiding block 48 disposed between the first arm 43 and the arc 45and a wheel 46 disposed between the guiding block 48 and the first arm43. The guiding block 48 has a cone portion 50 connected to the arc 45and a base portion 55 connected to the wheel 46. The cone portion 50 hasa hole 51 into which the arc 45 is inserted, two tip ends 52 located atopposite sides of the hole 51 on the upper and lower surface 54,56 ofthe guiding block 48, and two crest lines 53 extending from the tip ends52 towards the base portion 55.

In practice, as shown in FIG. 5, the guiding block 48 is made into acone-shaped block, and then the guiding block 48 is drilled with thehole 51 at a tip end of the cone portion 50. Because the guiding block48 has two crest lines 53 at the opposite sides, two tip ends 52 areformed at the cone portion 50 of the guiding block 48.

When the spinning reel 10 of the present invention is in a normaloperation, the fishing line is located at a right side of the wheel 46(according to FIG. 4) via the guiding block 48 so that the fishing linewill not jam between the tip ends 52 of the guiding block 48 and the arc45. When the spinning reel 10 of the present invention releases thefishing line so that the arc 45 and the arms 43 and 44 are rotated tothe position shown as FIG. 2, the fishing line passes the guiding block48 randomly via a left side thereof (according to FIG. 4) to avoid thefishing line from being jammed between the tip ends 52 of the guidingblock 48 and the arc 45.

In conclusion, the spinning reel 10 of the present invention providestwo tip ends 52 of the guiding block 48 to replace the single tip end ofthe conventional guiding block at the left side of the arc (according toFIG. 4) and keeps the tip ends 52 away from the right side of the arc 45(according to FIG. 4) at the same time. The relative positions of thetip ends are not restricted in the drawings shown in the presentinvention. Any equivalent structure should be still within the scope ofthe present invention.

1. A spinning reel, comprising: a reel body, and a rotor having a basepivoted to the reel body, a first arm pivoted to an end of the base, asecond arm pivoted to the other end of the base, an arc connectedbetween the first arm and the second arm, a guiding block disposedbetween the first arm and the arc, and a wheel disposed between theguiding block and the first arm; wherein the guiding block has a coneportion connected to the arc and a base portion connected to the wheel;wherein the cone portion of the guiding block has a hole into which thearc is inserted, and two tip ends located at opposite sides of the hole,wherein the two tip ends are respectively located on an upper surface ofthe guiding block facing away from the first arm and a lower surface ofthe guiding block facing the first arm.
 2. The spinning reel as definedin claim 1, wherein the cone portion of the guiding block has two crestlines extending from the tip ends respectively toward the base portion.